And carl rehm



(No Model.)

G. E. KOCH & G. REHM. FLAGSTAFF HOLDER FOR BIUYGLES.

No. 589,261. Patented Aug. 31,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. KOCH, OF RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, AND CARL REHM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FLAGSTAFF-HOLDER FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,261, dated August 31, 1897.

Application filed June 7, 1897. Serial No. 639,637. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. KOCH, of Rutherford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, and CARL REHM, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Staff-Supports for Cycles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a holder or support for the staff of a flag or banner upon a cycle.

In carrying out our invention we provide a spring-clip comprising a circular part and two parallel parts and a staff holder or support oomprisin g a tubular member and an integral screw-stem and head and a nut upon the screw-stem, said stem passing through openings in the parallel parts of the spring-clip and the nut applying the pressure to secure the springclip upon the handle-bar or a tubular member of the bicycle-frame.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of the forward part of a cycle, showing the application of our device. Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 a side elevation, in larger size, representing our improved staff-support. Figs. 4, 5, and (3 represent details hereinafter more fully described.

Arepresents the spring-clip piece, the same comprising a circular part a and two parallel parts a a integral with the circular part. The circular part may be of anydesired size and is adapted to partially surround the handle-bar of a cycle or one of the members of the tubular frame. The parallel partsa a are made with openings, the one being circular and the other either four or six sided by preference, saidopenings being in line with each other.

B represents the staff-support, comprising the tubular member or socket b and the integral screw-stem Z) and head 0, and cl represents a nut adapted to be threaded upon the screw-stem. The head portion 0 maybe either square to fit the square opening in the part (L as shown in Fig. 4, or six-sided to fit the opening in the part a (shown in Fig. 5,) the screw-stem passing through the circular open ing in the part to.

Figs. at and'5 are side views of the springclip, and Fig. 6 an elevation of thestaffsupport, showing the head 0 as having six sides. The nut 01 may be of ordinary construction, as shown, or a thumb-nut. The object of making the head 0 with four or six sides is to prevent the tubular member or staff-support turning when the spring-clip is screwed in position upon the cycle and at the same time to provide an adjustment of the tubular member in its relation to the springclip, so that the staff of the flag or banner may either be held vertical or at the desired or approximately desired inclination. The head 0 is made shallow as the same projects from the tubular member I), and to shift said tubular member to another position in its relation to the spring-clip it is only necessary to loosen the nut d sufficiently to move the parallel parts a a clear of said head to turn the tubular member to another position:

Our invention is simple and easily constructed and is efficient for the uses for which it is intended and, being adapted to be placed upon the handle-bar or members of the tubular frame and to be adjusted for position, fills a want felt for a device for successfully carrying a flag or banner upon the cycle.

\Ve claim as our invention- 1. The combination with a spring-clip com prising acircularpart and two parallel parts, of a tubular member having an integral screwstem and a nut thereon, and means for maintaining the relationof the tubular member to the spring-clip, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination with the spring-clip comprising a circular part and two parallel parts having openings therein in line with each other, the one being circular-and the other square or six-sided, of a tubular member or socket for the staff, a screw-stem and head integral therewith, the head conforming 

